Application of the Key Events Dose-response Framework to Folate Metabolism

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1325-1333

  Hu, Jing ^a   Wang, Bing ^a   Sahyoun, Nadine R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Folate; folic acid; food fortification; key events dose response framework; unmetabolized folic acid

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; METABOLISM; ORGANIC ACIDS;

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSE-EFFECT RELATIONSHIPS; FOLATE; FOLIC ACIDS; FOOD FORTIFICATION; HOMEOSTATIC MECHANISM; HOMEOSTATIC REGULATIONS;

PHYSIOLOGY;

FOLIC ACID;

AGING; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DOSE RESPONSE; FORTIFIED FOOD; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE; INTESTINE CELL; KIDNEY; LIVER; METABOLISM;

AGING; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENTEROCYTES; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INTESTINES; KIDNEY; LIVER;

EID: 84975126975     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2013.807221     Document Type: Article

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